Assignment:
Instructions
Read carefully. Prepare clearly articulated responses to all questions outlined below. Please write full sentences in a coherent narrative that address the major issues covered in class through readings, lectures, and discussions. Observe proper grammar.
Basic but Tricky
1. What is the difference between traza and plaza?
Geographical Assessment
2. Make a modern map that identifies 7 places where pirates travelled, pillaged, and wreaked havoc in the Americas. Ona blankdigital map:
• Locate cities and assign each city a letter; reference in the following way: a. Campeche, in "title of primary source," 53.
• Cities must be mentioned in RLAP, 93-103.
• Give your map a title
• Maps filled in by hand not accepted.
• Maps may have political divisions or none at all.
Critical Reasoning
Select three questions to respond; two paragraphsper question:
1. What is the relationship between surveys and political power? Contextualize and structure your response using the framework we developed in class for the assignment, The Diplomatic Attaché [A copy of this worksheet can be found in D2L/Content/In-Class Worksheets].
2. What was the goal of surveillance in colonial Latin America? Contextualize; use examples from "Administration of Torture in Inquisition Trials."
3. If patriarchy is a system in which males hold power and families are ruled by men, why did a Spanish judge rule in favor of annulling the marriage of Ysabel Allay Suyoagainst her father's wishes? Contextualize; analyze case.
4. Could food be used as a weapon in colonial Latin America? How and why?
5. You have been tasked with preparing a report on piracy in the Caribbean for the Viceroy of New Spain. Why do pirates pose a challenge to Spanish authority? Provide at least four examples from the primary sources to argue your case.
Readings:
Readings on Latin America and its People
By Cheryl E. Martin